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QUINLAN, James Erkinwald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2315 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia Section M2, Row 16, Grave 1358 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2315, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2315, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Wound to the left arm | |
| 27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2315, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Quinlan and Bridget Quinlan nee Conway of Shutor Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria formerly of Swan Hill, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 13 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal